Letter: Congress should not raise the debt limit

One viewpoint is that if we don't raise the debt ceiling, we will default on our national debt, ruin our credit rating and cause an international financial crisis. We can't afford the debt we have, so we should borrow more money to make payments on even more debt we can't afford? This does not make sense to me.

Our credit rating should be downgraded. Would you loan money to someone who was deeply in debt and could not pay their bills, based solely on their "full faith and credit"?

The United States has become far too large and complex to be managed by a central administration. The federal government's focus should be national defense and international relations. Most other government functions and services should be administered by state governments.

Please do not raise the debt ceiling. The longer we wait to deal with our debt, the bigger the catastrophe we're going to face. It's not pretty now, but it's going to be a lot uglier later.